Island

the Island

1. (New York City) Long Island (in New York State)
   • 1972, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Walk on the Wild Side”, in Transformer:

     Candy came from out on the Island / In the backroom, she was everybody's darling

2. (British Columbia) Vancouver Island
   • 2008 December 8, “Grizzlies at home on the Island”, in Times Colonist:

     A grizzly was photographed at Rugged Point near Kyuquot on the northwest coast of the Island in May, close to the time bears emerge from their dens, suggesting it had successfully hibernated on the Island.

   • 2010 October 12, Beau Simpson, “One 'Grape escape' on Vancouver Island”, in Surrey Now:

     And so, my lovely girlfriend Kari and I headed to the Island for a weekend of wines and dines.

   • 2011 July 7, Renee Andor, “His body hurts, but Vancouver Island circumnavigation record belongs to Angus”, in Comox Valley Record:

     Angus felt "fantastic" to have made it around the Island and beaten the record.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Island.
3. (Internet slang) Epstein Island
4. (UK, colloquial) HM Prison Parkhurst, a prison on the Isle of Wight

• Ladins, Lindas, ilands, Landis

 

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Island

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

 

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Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪslant]

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• Hyphenation: is‧land

Island m inan (related adjective islandský, demonym Islanďan, female demonym Islanďanka)

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

(countries of Europe) státy Evropy; Albánie, Andorra, Arménie, Ázerbájdžán, Belgie, Bělorusko, Bosna a Hercegovina, Bulharsko, Černá Hora, Česko, Dánsko, Estonsko, Finsko, Francie, Gruzie, Chorvatsko, Irsko, Island, Itálie, Kazachstán, Kypr, Lichtenštejnsko, Litva, Lotyšsko, Lucembursko, Maďarsko, Malta, Moldavsko, Monako, Německo, Nizozemsko, Norsko, Polsko, Portugalsko, Rakousko, Rumunsko, Rusko, Řecko, San Marino, Severní Makedonie, Slovensko, Slovinsko, Spojené království, Srbsko, Španělsko, Švédsko, Švýcarsko, Turecko, Ukrajina, Vatikán, ^{(Category: cs:Countries in Europe)}

• “Island”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Island”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Island”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

 

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Island

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

• (countries of Europe) Europas lande; Albanien, Andorra, Armenien, Aserbajdsjan, Belgien, Bosnien-Hercegovina, Bulgarien, Cypern, Danmark, Estland, Finland, Forenede Kongerige, Frankrig, Georgien, Grækenland, Hviderusland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kasakhstan, Kroatien, Letland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nederlandene, Nordmakedonien, Norge, Polen, Portugal, Rumænien, Rusland, San Marino, Schweiz, Serbien, Slovakiet, Slovenien, Spanien, Sverige, Tjekkiet, Tyskland, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vatikanstaten, Østrig ^{(Category: da:Countries in Europe)}

 

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From Old Norse Ísland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈislɑnd̥/, [ˈislɑnd̥]
• Rhymes: -islɑnd
• Hyphenation: Is‧land

Island (genitive Islandi, partitive Islandi)

1. Iceland (a country in the North Atlantic Ocean, Europe)

   Islandile ― to Iceland

   Islandil ― in Iceland

   Islandilt ― from Iceland

• (countries of Europe) Euroopa riigid; Albaania, Andorra, Armeenia, Aserbaidžaan, Austria, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegoviina, Bulgaaria, Eesti, Georgia/Gruusia, Hispaania, Holland/Madalmaad, Horvaatia, Iirimaa/Iiri, Island, Itaalia, Kasahstan, Kreeka, Küpros, Leedu, Liechtenstein, Luksemburg, Läti, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norra, Poola, Portugal, Põhja-Makedoonia, Prantsusmaa, Rootsi, Rumeenia, Saksamaa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakkia, Sloveenia, Soome, Suurbritannia, Šveits, Taani, Tšehhi, Türgi, Ukraina, Ungari, Valgevene, Vatikan, Venemaa ^{(Category: et:Countries in Europe)}

• Island in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “Island”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

 

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• Eisland (obsolete)

From Middle Low German Îslant, a calque of Old Norse Ísland (“Iceland”), from íss (“ice”) +‎ land (“land”). The High-Germanized form Eisland did not establish itself; that with I- was reinforced by Danish Island. Compare the same in Grönland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːslant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Island n (proper noun, genitive Islands or (optionally with an article) Island)

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

• isländisch, Isländisch
• Isländer, Isländerin
• Islandpferd, Islandpony

• (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern ^{(Category: de:Countries in Europe)}

Island

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
   • 1980, "Pissusissamisoorpoq Island nunarpullu suleqatigiissappata" ("It is proper that Iceland and Greenland [lit: our country] are going to work together") , Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten

• Īsland

• IPA^(key): /islɑnd/

Island

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     Island – Island – Islande

     Iceland – Iceland – Iceland

Perhaps by error LĒL lists this term as type 127 – vȯņ which has consonant shift in genitive (vȯn) a pattern that is not possible for this term. Like for Kanād the most regular type (135 – āigast) is given in this entry.

Island

1. Alternative form of Iseland

 

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Island

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

• islandshest

• islending
• islandsk

 

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From Old Norse Ísland, from íss (“ice”) +‎ land (“land”). Akin to English Iceland.

• IPA^(key): /¹iːs.lan(d)/
• Rhymes: -and, -an

Island n

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

• island
• islending
• islandsk, islendsk

 

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• IPA^(key): /ǐsland/
• Hyphenation: Is‧land

Ìsland m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝсланд)

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

 

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• IPA^(key): [ˈislant]

Island m inan (genitive singular Islandu, declension pattern of dub, related adjective islandský or islandsky, demonym Islanďan, female demonym Islanďanka)

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

• islandčina

• (countries of Europe) štáty Európy; Albánsko, Andorra, Arménsko, Azerbajdžan, Belgicko, Bielorusko, Bosna a Hercegovina, Bulharsko, Chorvátsko, Cyprus, Čierna Hora, Česko, Dánsko, Estónsko, Fínsko, Francúzsko, Grécko, Gruzínsko, Holandsko, Írsko, Island, Kazachstan, Lichtenštajnsko, Litva, Lotyšsko, Luxembursko, Maďarsko, Malta, Moldavsko, Monako, Nemecko, Nórsko, Poľsko, Portugalsko, Rakúsko, Rumunsko, Rusko, San Maríno, Severné Macedónsko, Slovensko, Slovinsko, Spojené kráľovstvo, Srbsko, Španielsko, Švédsko, Švajčiarsko, Taliansko, Turecko, Ukrajina, Vatikán ^{(Category: sk:Countries in Europe)}

• “Island”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

 

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From Old Norse Ísland.

Island n (genitive Islands)

1. Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)

• Island in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

• Lindas, i-lands, lindas, slidan